Use of Asbestos and Exposure by Each Military Branch

Army veterans who have spent considerable time work on government construction projects on military installations and vehicles built using asbestos-containing materials prior to 1970s.

Navy

Navy veterans seem to have the largest risk evolving mesothelioma as asbestos was used widely uses in ships of the Navy and shipyards from the 1930s through the 1970s. This asbestos was a major component in over 300 materials used aboard Navy strips.

Air Force

Asbestos was a common material used in aircraft braking system and as an insulator for the engine. Vet Airmen who tuned these planes are at a risk of developing diseases such as pleural mesothelioma due to the interaction with such parts.

Marines

The natural amphibious part of Marine Corps missions is maintained by Navy warships and other vessels were built with as assortment of products containing asbestos.

Coast Guard

Coast Guard veterans were unprotected for asbestos in many of the exact ways as their fellow mates in the Navy – primarily on ships and in shipyards where the extent of the use of asbestos was widespread.

U.S. Navy – Highest Risk

During the years of World War II and the Korean War, the building of ships was at its peak. In fact, approximately 4.3 million Americans worked ship building yards during World War II. The daily tasks of shipyard worker were required to perform placed many of them at a risk of developing asbestos-related.

Navy vets

Navy veterans were exposed to how levels of asbestos present in numerous areas of navy ships including the boiler room, engine room, galleys and quartering for sleeping. While the soldiers who lives and worked aboard the ships – including boilermen, gunmen and firemen – were vulnerable to inhaling asbestos, those who repaired and built the ships were even more pone to developing diseases linked to this mineral that is toxic. They were tradesmen such as plumbers, pipefitters, mechanics, shipfitters, welders, shipfitters, welders, electricians and boilermakers to name a few.

Other base employees

There have even been some instances where base secretaries and others who did not work directly on ships, develops mesothelioma cancer by second-hand asbestos exposure. This is usually happen by asbestos dust being inhaled.